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Lette/rs Patent No. 85,959, dated .Tamm/ry 19, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N PENS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

Tall whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. PRICE, of Arrow Rock, Saline county', Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fountain-Pens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanyingY drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of the pen alone.

Figure 2 is a -plan or top View of the same.

Figure 3 is a view of the inner side.

Figures 4, 5, and 6, represent corresponding views, with the fountain attached.

Figure 7 is a plan view of fountain-attachment before being bent and applied to a pen. l

Figure 8 is a side view of the fountain-peu complete, applied to my finger-spring peu-holder, for which Letters Patent were granted me, September 24, 1867.

The same letters refer to corresponding parts in all the iigures.

The nature of my invention consists in forming pens in such a manner that the concave side of the heel is the reverse of that of the nib, and in the flexed or angular position of the latter in relation to the direction of the former; also, in the manner of constructing and applying the fountain-attachment, whereby the same, when applied, forms a double reservoir, and is self-retaining in position.

The heel of the pen is made concave on its upper surface, so that, in use, this concave side fits under the ball of the fore-finger, thus striking the paper at about the same angle as the present straight peu in its ordinary use, while the point is iiexed upward at an angle of twenty to forty degrees, or thereabouts, in a convex form.

It may also be applied to the under side of an ordinary straight holder, when the angle of the point will be found an advantage to that class of writers who hold the'pen-handle in a nearly-vertical position.

This mode of formingthe pen insures greaterstrength, in consequence of the corrugaton of the metal.

I extend a concave groove, a, from the junction of the' heel, with the nib along the back of the latter, which serves to give strength and rigidity to-that part.

Across the nib, at about its central part or greatest diameter, I pierce a single slot, b, of sucient size to receive the stem c of the fountaimattachment, iig. 8.

The latter is cut from a piece of sheet-metal,- and its larger extremity, d, so shaped as to form a greater concavity than the couvexity of the back of the pen to which it is applied, and thereby form a back reservoir, and the stem a., being passed through to the concave side of the nib, is then bent forward, so as to form another or inside reservoir.

These two reservoirs hold a large supply of ink, which is furnished, through the pierce and split, to the points, in a free and uniform manner.

The larger end ofthe fountain is preferably so pierced as to lforni a lip, e, from the part rl, which is bent back, and, by lying in the groove a, forms a wedging bearing, which serves, together with the transverse slot, to retain the fountain in position, and eiectually prevents lateral or other displacement.

The fountain is very. cheaply made, and is applicable to any form of pen, the only requisite being the transverse slot b, in which it is desirable to have the stem c fit closely.

No portion of the pen requires raising, whereby expense in manufacture is avoided.

The transverse slot b may be of segmental form, with equally good effect, in which case the lip e may be dispensed with.

What I clainias my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pen, having the concave sides of its heel and nib reversed in relation to each other, when the nib is iiexed from the longitudinal plane of the heel or holder, y

substantially as shown and described.

2. The double-reservoir fountain-attachment, constructed and applied substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN T. PRICE.

Witnesses:

WM; F. MCNAMARA, G. M. LAWRENCE. 

